MS 80-1DEPRESSION ERA RELIEF REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1934-1936Materials: 0.5 linear feetSubjects: Depressions -- 1929 --
United States -- Sources. North Carolina -- History -- Sources. »This
collection consists of carbon copies of letters sent by residents of North Carolina
to various relief agencies and political figures during the Great Depression.
Faithfully reproduced in terms of spelling and grammar, these transcriptions
embody the correspondents desperation and stress in those troubled times from
the 1930s.

MS 80-2WALTER E. BURNHAM PAPERS Materials: 21.0 linear feetSubjects: Burnham, Walter Elwood, 1897-1976.
Beech Aircraft Corporation. Freedman, Gordon L. Boeing Aircraft Company. Airplane industry
and trade -- Kansas -- Wichita. Travel Air R (Airplane). See also: MS
81-6, Herb Rawdon Papers. »These
papers include correspondence, engineering drawings, photographs, financial documents and
memorabilia relating primarily to Burnham s professional career as an aviation engineer.
Burnham s most memorable contribution to the aviation industry was his design, in
collaboration with Herb Rawdon, of the Travel Air Model R, also known as the Mystery Ship.
In the 1929 National Air Races at Cleveland this plane outdistanced all others and helped
bring about fundamental changes in aircraft design. This collection includes plans of the
Model R.

MS 80-3CARRY A. NATION COLLECTIONMaterials: 0.25 linear feetSubjects: Nation, Carry Amelia Moore,
1846-1911. Prohibitionists -- United States. Temperance -- Kansas. »Carry
A. Nation was a nationally-known figure in the late 19th and early 20th century temperance
movement. The collection contains correspondence about a saloon-smashing incident in
Wichita in 1905, her bail bond from an incident in Wichita in 1901, and a photograph of
Nation from the same time period.

MS 80-4MARCELLUS M. MURDOCK PAPERSMaterials: 27.5 linear feetSubjects: Murdock, Marcellus M. (Marcellus
Marion), 1883-1970. Airplane industry and trade -- Kansas -- Wichita. Wichita (Kan.) --
History. Beech Aircraft Corporation. Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kan.) »This
collection includes papers and other materials related to Marcellus M. Murdock s personal
and professional life and affiliations. Correspondence, photographs, clippings and other
documents from the 1950s and 1960s comprise the greater portion of this collection. For
over 60 years, Murdock served the Wichita community as the publisher of The Wichita Eagle
and its successor, The Wichita Eagle and The Beacon. This collection offers insight into
Murdock s career as well as his civic, business and recreational pursuits.

MS 80-5A. E. HOWSE PAPERSMaterials: 51.5 linear feetSubjects: Howse, A. E. Water resources
-- Arkansas River Basin. Wichita (Kan.) -- Water supply. Wichita (Kan.) -- History.
Water supply -- Kansas -- Wichita. Municipal government -- Kansas. Cheney Reservoir
(Kan.) See also: MS
78-5, Kansas Water Resources Board Papers; MS
85-1, American Studies Department
Student Papers; MS 85-2, Don Pray Collection:
Mid-Arkansas Valley Development Association, Inc.; MS 86-10, Stanley F. Spencer Papers; MS 86-21, Cheney Reservoir Photograph Collection;
MS 95-17, Justus H. Fugate Collection of Kansas
Water Resources Board Papers. »Native
Wichitan A. E. Howse served his city and his country in many capacities: as
a public servant on the local, state and national levels; as an officer in the
Army during World War II; and as a businessman. Howse was mayor of Wichita,
served on the city commission, chaired the Kansas State Crime Commission, and
spearheaded the effort to build Cheney Reservoir, thus ensuring a long-term
water supply for the city. Dating mainly from the 1950s and 1960s, this collection
of his papers includes reports and other documents relating to issues such as
water resource management, violence and other urban concerns, environmental
issues, U.S. foreign policy, Vietnam, and nuclear weapons. His civic contributions
to the community are documented in the city commission minutes from 1955 to
1962, including his term as mayor, as well as in other reports regarding the
city s operations.

MS 81-1GERMAN PAMPHLET COLLECTION »This
collection has been transferred to the rare book section; call number is S.C. 2864.

MS 81-2KANSAS TERRITORY -- LETTERS FROM MOUND CITY, 1859 Materials: 0.25 linear feetSubjects: Walker, Frank. Slavery -- Kansas --
Anti-slavery movements. Corbin, Byron. Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861. Corbin, Myron. Linn
County (Kan.) -- History. Mound City (Kan.) -- History. Kansas Territory. »This
collection includes seven letters which describe conditions in Kansas Territory in the
year 1859. Five letters were written by Frank Walker, one by Byron Corbin, and one by
Myron Corbin. All three men are anti-slavery advocates who settled in Linn County, Kansas
Territory in 1857. Each letter is accompanied by a typewritten transcription.

MS 81-3HERBERT JONES COLLECTIONMaterials: 0.5 linear feetSubjects: Jones, Herbert. Jones Milling
Company (Wichita, Kan.) Jones, W. B. Inventors -- Kansas -- Wichita. Wichita Motor Bus
Company. Businessmen -- Kansas -- Wichita. Bus lines -- Kansas -- Wichita. Wichita (Kan.)
-- History. Transportation -- Kansas -- Wichita. »This
collection consists of photographs, clippings and memorabilia concerning the career of
Herbert C. Jones, the founder of the first bus line in Wichita. Jones established the
first bus line in Wichita by equipping a 1915 Ford with a wooden body that could hold up
to 70 people. Also included is a diary dating from 1869, kept by W. B. Jones, the father
of Herbert C. Jones.

MS 81-4MARGARITA FISCHER PAPERSMaterials: 10.0 linear feetSubjects: Fischer, Margarita. 1886-1973.
Women in the motion picture industry. Pollard, Harry. 1879-1934. Vaudeville -- United
States. Actresses -- United States. See also: MS
81-5, Harry Pollard Papers. »This
collection contains photographs, fan mail, contracts, travel mementos, and scrapbooks that
illustrate Fischer s life as a stage and silent screen actress. In an acting career that
began at age eight and spanned 35 years, she played in over 90 films for various companies
including the original film version of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913). In 1914 she won a contest
to determine America's most popular actress over Mary Pickford, Mabel Norman and Mary
Fuller.

MS 81-5HARRY POLLARD PAPERSMaterials: 3.0 linear feetSubjects: Pollard, Harry. 1879-1934. Motion
picture actors and actresses -- United States. Fischer, Margarita. 1886-1973. Vaudeville
-- United States. See also: MS
81-4, Margarita Fisher Papers. »Pollard
s life as a stage and screen actor and director is represented by means of scrapbooks,
reviews and photographs in this collection. Included are still photographs of Pollard and
his wife Margarita Fischer in the 1913 version of Uncle Tom's Cabin; a scrapbook, poster,
and clippings related to the 1929 production of Showboat ; and numerous other materials.
Pollard was born in Republic City, Kansas.

MS 81-6HERB RAWDON PAPERSMaterials: 15.0 linear feetSubjects: Rawdon, Herbert M., 1904-1975.
Aeronautical engineers -- Kansas -- Wichita. See also: MS
80-2, Walter E. Burnham Papers. »This
collection chiefly contains notebooks, engineering drawings, photographs and speeches that
relate to Herb Rawdon s professional career as an aviation engineer. After earning a
degree in mechanical engineering in 1925, Rawdon went to work with the Travel Air Company
in Wichita, Kansas. He rose to the position of Chief Engineer with Travel Air in 1932.
Between 1933 and 1940, he formed his own company then worked for Lockheed, Boeing,
Curtiss-Wright, Spartan, and Douglas before returning to Beech Aircraft Company, Travel
Air s successor. Rawdon s most memorable contribution to the aviation industry was his
design, in collaboration with Walter Burnham, of the Travel Air Model R, known as the
Mystery Ship, which helped bring about fundamental changes in aircraft design.

MS 81-720TH CENTURY POLITICAL PAMPHLET COLLECTIONMaterials: 18.5 linear feet »This
collection includes representative publications from many organizations, presenting diverse points of view on political and social issues.

MS 81-7aCONTEMPORARY ISSUES PAMPHLET COLLECTIONMaterials: 55.75 linear feetSubjects: Right and left (Political Science)
-- United States. Political participation -- United States. United States -- Politics and
government -- 20th century. Conservatism -- United States. Radicalism -- United States.
Liberalism -- United States. Christianity and politics -- Sources. »This
collection includes representative samples of publications from many organizations,
presenting diverse points of view on 20th century political and social issues. Items
produced by the following organizations (and many other organizations) are available in
the collection: AFL-CIO, Alternatives to Abortion International, American Patriots for
Freedom, Black Panther Party, Communist Party of the United States of America, Gay
Liberation Task Force, John Birch Society, Moral Majority, and Students for a Democratic
Society.

MS 82-01PANAMA COLLECTIONMaterials: 0.25 linear feetSubjects: Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877 --
Correspondence. Massacres -- Panama. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877. Panama -- History.
Latin America -- History -- 1830-1898. United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900. »The
letters in the collection are addressed to Captain Theodorus Bailey, commander of the
United States' ship St. Mary's. In December 1855, Bailey received orders to cruise between
Valparaiso, Chile, and San Juan del Sud, Nicaragua to protect American citizens and their
commerce in the area. Tension was high along the trans-Isthmian route because violence had
occurred between Panamanians and American travelers, and this pressure is reflected in the
letters. Adding further dimension is another letter from Cornelius Vanderbilt who was
trying to establish an alternative route through Nicaragua to compete with the Panama
route.

MS 82-02RICHARD DAVIS WEBB PAPERSMaterials: 0.5 linear feetSubjects: Webb, Richard Davis. 1805-1872 --
Archives. Abolitionists -- Great Britain. Social reformers -- Ireland. Anti-slavery
movement -- United States. »The
majority of the letters in the Richard Davis Webb collection are written to Francis J.
Garrison, the youngest child of William Lloyd Garrison, the famed abolitionist. The
letters date between 1867 and 1872. In 1830, Webb co-founded the Hibernian Temperance
Society and became involved in reform work. He also became involved in the anti-slavery
movement and helped maintain correspondence between the movements in America and Britain.

MS 82-03BONAPARTE FAMILY PAPERSMaterials: 0.5 linear feet Subjects: Bonaparte family. Napoleon I,
Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1764-1844. »The
documents in this collection are, with one exception, signed by members of the Bonaparte
family. The exception is a report from officers and men of the 83rd Infantry Regiment
stationed at Charlemont. This report denounces their colonel as a royalist and
counter-revolutionary. Of Italian origin, the Bonaparte family counted Napoleon I, Emperor
of the French, and Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, among its members.

MS 82-04PAPERS RELATING TO BRITISH SEIZURE OF AMERICAN SHIPS, 1793-1801Materials: 0.25 linear feet Subjects: Ross, David. United States --
Politics and government -- 1793-1809. Clousen, Christopher. Naval History -- United States
-- Sources. Watson, Richard. Maritime law -- United States. »This
collection contains correspondence relating to the British seizure of American ships
between 1793 and 1801 under the Rule of 1756. Four of the letters were written by American
captains whose ships were seized by the British in the West Indies. These letters tell of
being stopped, searched, detained, mistreatment by the British and encounters with
pirates. The rule, invoked when Great Britain and France went to war in 1793, was designed
to hamper trade between the United States and the French colonies in the West Indies.

MS 82-05ANTHONY WAYNE PAPERSMaterials: 0.25 linear feet Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796. Generals
-- United States. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. »Wayne
was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army in 1792 after serving his
country in the Revolutionary movement. This collection contains a memoir of his military
service during the Revolutionary War including description of his surprise night attack on
the British at Stony Point and his obstruction of Benedict Arnold s attempt to deliver
West Point to the British. Providing further dimension to the memoir is a manuscript copy
of field orders issued by Wayne from his headquarters at Legionville, Pennsylvania.

MS 82-06WENDELL PHILLIPS PAPERSMaterials: 0.25 linear feet Subjects: Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884.
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements. Abolitionists -- United States. »Wendell
Phillips, born to a wealthy and socially prominent Boston family, became a leader in the
abolitionist movement in 1837. He was known as an orator, an author, and a frequent
contributor to The Liberator, a newspaper devoted to the anti-slavery cause. This
collection of Phillips papers includes four signed letters to various correspondents, two
signed photographs, and a signed quotation.

MS 82-07CHICAGO AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COLLECTIONMaterials: 2.0 linear feet Subjects: Bowen, George S. Pacific railroads.
Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company. Railroads -- United States. »Most of
the material in this collection is taken from the personal files of George S. Bowen, Vice
President of the Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company. The Chicago and Pacific had the
option of constructing a railroad from Chicago west to Savanna, Illinois on the
Mississippi River. Unfortunately, the railroad s management did not foresee the financial
panic of 1873 and the effect it would have on the railroad. The panic frightened
investors, and management was unable to raise sufficient capital and went into
receivership in 1876. The materials in this collection mainly concern the efforts of the
company to raise money.

MS 82-08PAPERS OF KANSAS GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION OF THE STATUS OF WOMENMaterials: 0.5 linear feet Subjects: Kansas Governor s Commission on the
Status of Women. Women -- Kansas -- Social conditions. Women -- Kansas. »This
collection contains various materials related to the work of the Kansas Governor's
Commission of the Status of Women. The papers are from the files of Harriet Graham, a
member of the committee from 1965-1971.

MS 83-01GERRIT SMITH COLLECTIONMaterials:1.75 linear feetSubjects:Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Social
reformers -- United States. Social change -- United States. »Gerrit
Smith, a New York abolitionist, believed that the anti-slavery cause could be effectively
furthered by political action. Because of the political nature of Smith's fight against
slavery, much of the material in this collection is politically oriented. It reflects the
diversity of Smith's reform interests: temperance, women's rights, ecumenism, and
abolition. The collection contains many of Smith's open letters and speeches printed on
broadsides and in pamphlet form.

MS 83-02JOSEPH LEFFARD PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Leffard, Joseph. United States --
History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. »This
collection consists of three letters written by a Union soldier, Joseph Leffard, to his
sister. They are dated 1862, 1864 and 1865, and written from Huntingdon, Willett's Point,
and Signal Hill.

MS 83-03JAMES GRANT GILCHRIST PAPERS Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Medical students -- United States.
Medicine -- Practice -- United States. Physicians -- United States. United States --
History -- Civil War. Autobiographies. Surgeons -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
Bibliographies. Gilchrist, James Grant. »This
collection consists of an autobiography that James Gilchrist wrote for his children's
amusement and edification. He tells of his studies as a medical student, brief Civil War
service, and medical practice in Minnesota; Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; and Iowa
City, Iowa. The major portion was penned in 1874, and yearly summaries for 1875 through
1897 also are included. A bibliography lists Gilchrist's other works and those in which he
is mentioned.

MS 85-02DON PRAY COLLECTION: MID-ARKANSAS VALLEY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, INC.Materials:23.0 linear feetSubjects:Inland Navigation --
United States. Arkansas River -- Navigation. Mid-Arkansas Valley Development
Association, Inc.See also: MS
78-05, Kansas Water Resources Board Papers; MS
80-05, A. E. Howse Papers; MS 85-01, American
Studies Department Student Papers; MS 86-10,
Stanley F. Spencer Papers; MS 95-17, Justus H. Fugate Collection of Kansas
Water Resources Board Papers.NOTE: Collection stored in off-site facility. Contact Special
Collections regarding retrieval. »These
papers include reports, publications and papers concerning the Mid-Arkansas
Valley Development Association, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed to secure
water development of the Arkansas River to north central Oklahoma and south-central
Kansas. The papers date from 1966 to 1973. A mechanical contractor by profession,
Pray served as president of the Mid-Arkansas Valley Development Association
and as chairman of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce Flood Control and Water Resource
Development Committee. Pray graduated from the University of Wichita in 1935.

MS 86-01JOHN L. DENNING PAPERSMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Broom corn. Businessmen
-- Kansas. Agriculture -- Kansas. Denning, John L. »A
wholesaler of broom corn, twine, wood products and wire, John L. Denning and
Company is still active in the industry since its start in the mid-1930s. This
collection of its founder's papers includes correspondence from business associates
and friends, general information on the broom corn industry, speech materials,
advertisements, and a film on broom corn entitled "Sweeping the Nation."

MS 86-02WADE E. HAMPTON II PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Hampton family. Hampton, Wade,
1818-1902. Hampton, Wade E. II. Bartlesville (Okla.) -- History. »Hampton's
poems, short stories, personal recollections, and correspondence comprise the greater
portion of this collection. His letters to Margaret W. Teague, Curator of Bartlesville
(Oklahoma) Historical Commission, give detailed information on the genealogy of his family
and others in that area. The 1861 military record of Wade Hampton, a relative, is also
included.

MS 86-03KAKE-TV NEWS ARCHIVESVideo tapes:9.0 linear feetSubjects:KAKE-TV (Wichita, Kan.).
Kansas -- History -- 1951-. Television broadcasting of news -- Kansas -- Wichita.
Wichita (Kan.) -- History. Broadcast journalism -- Kansas -- Wichita. »The
KAKE-TV News Archives includes video tapes of news stories for 1956 to the 1980s.
The collection does not contain every news story produced. Events in Wichita,
in Kansas, and at Wichita State University are included as well as stories about
local citizens and world events as they impacted the people of Wichita and Kansas.

MS 86-04HENRY MALONE PAPERSMaterials:2.0 linear feetSubjects:Wichita State University.
Dept. of American Studies. Cultural Heritage and Arts Center. Wichita State
University. Library Associates. Trails -- Kansas. Malone, Henry. »Henry
Malone's papers primarily contain information on the trails of Kansas. This
information is found in maps, articles, unpublished papers, correspondence,
and references to the Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas Historical
Quarterly. The development of the Department of American Studies at Wichita
State University is included as are research project papers, correspondence,
and information about Wichita State University's Library Associates and the
Cultural Heritage Center of Dodge City, Kansas.

MS 86-05T. B. MISKIMON PAPERSMaterials:2.0 linear feetSubjects:Canals -- Design and
construction. Panama Canal (Panama). Canals -- Inspection. Isthmian Canal Commission
(U.S.). Canals -- Panama. Canals, Interoceanic. Miskimon, T. B. Goethals, George
W. (George Washington), 1858-1928 -- Correspondence. »The
T. B. Miskimon papers contain letters dating from 1907 to 1910. Most of these
letters were written by Miskimon to other officials of the Isthmain Canal Commission.
Since Miskimon was employed as an inspector for the commission, his correspondence
concerns incidents that occurred on the Isthmus regarding the conduct of everyday
life and the work habits of the people employed or living there. He also describes
the problems of non-construction activities at the site of the Canal between
1906 and 1911.

MS 86-06BEN SANTOS PAPERSMaterials:8.75 linear feetSubjects:American literature -- Asian
American authors. Creative writing -- Study and teaching -- Kansas. Anerican literature --
20th century. Filipino Americans -- Kansas. American poetry -- Asian American authors.
Santos, Bienvenido N. American poetry -- 20th century. »The
collection of Ben Santos' archives contains personal and professional correspondence,
diaries, notes on literary productions, early drafts of stories and poems, literary
productions, clippings and reviews, awards and fellowships, and personal memorabilia.
Santos was a poet-in-residence at Wichita State University in the 1970s, and he also
taught literature classes in the English department while keeping up with his prolific
writing activities. The materials contained in this collection date back to the 1930s when
he was a student in the Philippines and continue into the early 1980s until his retirement
from teaching.

MS 86-07FIRST WORLD WAR: ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICEMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Air pilots, Military -- Great
Britain. Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936. Albums. Italy -- History --
1914-1945. Biographies. Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917. Diaries. Turkey --
History -- Mehmed, V, 1909-1918. Aerial reconnaissance, British. Fawcett, Henry --
Correspondence. Battlefields -- Belgium -- Photographs. Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British. Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps.
Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service. World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval Operations --
British. Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918. France -- History -- German
occupation, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Belgium -- Photographs. »The
military careers of three British airmen are documented in this collection. The collection
includes these items: a photograph album belonging to Capt. Sydney H. Gaskell of the Royal
Air Force, a page from a 1933 publication relating the death of Capt. G. V.
Wildman-Lushington in an airplane crash, and 24 letters from Major Henry Fawcett of the
Royal Naval Air Service to members of his family from late 1913 until after the end of
World War I. Fawcett's letters present considerable data regarding his services in
England, Turkey, and Russia.

MS 86-08AFGHANISTAN STUDENTS FILE, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR, 1938-1941, UNIVERSITY OF WICHITAMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Ghafur , Abdul, 1919-1941.
Fletcher, Worth A. Mohammed, Faquir , 1919-1941. Students, Foreign -- Kansas -- Wichita.See also: MS
73-07, Papers of William Jardine as Secretary of Agriculture, Diplomat,
and University of Wichita President. »This
collection contains receipts and other documents regarding two students from Afghanistan
who attended the University of Wichita from December 1938 to February 1941. The men
studied police science at the expense of their country's government. Worth A. Fletcher,
registrar of the University and advisor to the students, kept these materials. Their lives
ended tragically in Wichita with one student, during a bout of depression, murdering the
other then committing suicide.

MS 86-09FIRST WORLD WAR: TENTH BATTALION, 42ND (EAST LANCASTER) DIVISION, 126TH
MANCHESTER REGIMENTMaterials:2.0 linear feetSubjects:Rowbotham, J.C.S. Vickerage,
Harold George. Ridley, Ralph Musk. Ypres, 3rd Battle of, 1917. World War, 1914-1918
-- Regimental Histories -- Great Britain -- 10th Battalion -- 126th Manchester
Regiment. »The
collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other
documents related to the 10th Battalion's service in World War I. The movements
of the 10th Battalion are traced through the news clippings which describe the
battalion's induction in England in 1914; its training in Egypt; its service
on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Sinai Desert, France and Flanders; and its homecoming
in 1918. Included are Captain J. C. S. Rowbotham's commission papers, photographs,
and other souvenirs of his military service including a summary of the services
rendered by the 10th Battalion. His photograph album contains pictures of members
of his family, the soldiers, camps and breastworks, and a camel with rider mired
down on the sands of the Sinai. More clippings, proposals for regulations of
patrol work, ration books and cards, menus, and a typed account of the battalion's
1917 operations at Ypres are among the contents of scrapbooks of Ralph Musk
Ridley and Harold George Vickerage, soldiers of the 10th Battalion.

MS 86-10STANLEY F. SPENCER PAPERSMaterials:3.5 linear feetSubjects:Arkansas Basin Development
Association. Arkansas Tri-State Committee. Walnut Basin Association. Water resources
development -- Kansas. Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Water Resources Committee.See also: MS
78-05, Kansas Water Resources Board Papers; MS
80-05, A. E. Howse Papers; MS 85-01, American
Studies Department Student Papers; MS 85-02,
Don Pray Collection: Mid-Arkansas Valley Development Association, Inc.; MS
95-17, Justus H. Fugate Collection of Kansas Water Resources Board Papers. »Stanley
F. Spencer's papers concern his involvement with various water resource organizations from
the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. Some of these organizations were the Arkansas Basin
Development Association, Walnut-Basin Association, the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Water Resources Committee and the Arkansas Tri-State Committee. These organizations were
involved in the development of water resources in the Arkansas Basin region.

MS 86-11FIRST WORLD WAR: ROYAL FLYING CORPSMaterials:1.5 linear feetSubjects:World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial
Operations. Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns --
Belgium. Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. Aeronautics,
Military -- Great Britain. »The
collection includes a precis of a war diary written during operations in France and
Belgium, 1914; a report of operations and intelligence in Italy, 1918, with an account of
a raid on Vienna by Gabriele d'Annunzio , who undertook the project to take photographs
and drop propaganda leaflets; two aerial photograph books of Belgian battlefields,
Messines and Passchendale; and Brigadier General R. M. Groves. Groves' documents include a
brief biographical sketch of his life and accomplishments, and his essays about numerous
military matters. In the report of the Vienna raid is a communique about the downing of a
plane piloted by Mick Mannock, Fighter Ace, in July 1918.

MS 86-12PAUL ROBESON PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Singers
-- United States. Race discrimination. »This
collection of documents about Paul Robeson's recital in Peekskill, New York includes
information about events preceding the September 4, 1949 concert and about the concert
itself. Police reports, statements, memos, letters, newspaper clippings, duty rosters and
communist propaganda comprise the documents in this collection. Robeson was an
African-American who attained international acclaim as an actor and singer but became an
outcast in the United States for his refusal to denounce Communism.

MS 86-13LOUISE C. BIDWELL COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Bidwell, Louise C. Nurses -- Panama
-- Sources. Panama -- Description and travel. »The
collection consists of personal and general correspondence of Louise C. Bidwell while she
was nurse at a Panama Canal hospital in Ancon. Her correspondence includes general rules
for nurses, a circular on how to avoid malaria, and an annual report of the Department of
Health of the Isthmian Canal Commission. There are several personal letters from friends
and co-workers also living in the Canal Zone.

MS 86-15C. BERNICE WELTER PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Welter, Bernice. Fairbury (Neb.) --
History. »These
papers contain five diaries which describe Welter's daily life. She describes
events at school, home, church and while traveling. In her diaries, Welter comments
on her first trip home to the town of Fairbury, Nebraska after an absence of
twenty years. She also includes a lengthy commentary on developing patriotism
in young children. Photographs, images and postcards form a small portion of
these papers.

MS 86-16RICHARD H. SULLIVAN PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Sullivan, Richard H. Birds -- North
America. »The
collection includes the correspondence of Richard Sullivan when he was the president
of the Kansas Audubon Society from 1910 to 1912. Some of the correspondence
deals with Sullivan's paper, "The Economic Value of Birds." There
are also a few letters to and from T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National
Association of Audubon Societies. Some literature produced by the Audubon Society
is also included.

MS 86-17LATIEN CAMIEN COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Camien, Latien. Medicine Lodge
(Kan.) -- History. Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861. Crime -- Kansas -- Medicine Lodge.
Education -- Kansas -- Sumner County. Public schools -- Kansas -- Sumner County. »Latien
Camien's papers contain correspondence and other documents that he used when writing his
master's thesis at the University of Wichita in 1933. The correspondence dates from 1932
and 1933. The papers deal with Kansas history and especially about the topic of his
thesis: schools in Sumner County, Kansas. There are also some notes on a robbery that
occurred in Medicine Lodge in 1883.

MS 86-18C. W. BABCOCK PAPERS Materials:0.25 linear footSubjects:Kansas -- Politics and government.
Guthrie, John. Babcock, C. W. »This
letter is from C. W. Babcock, of the U.S. Surveyor's Office for the District of Kansas, to
Hon. John Guthrie. The letter discusses Kansas' political atmosphere in October 1874. He
comments on which candidates will win elections.

MS 86-19JOHN W. GLADDING, U.S. PATENT COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Gladding, James W. Agricultural
implements. Hoes. Patents. Garden tools. »This
collection contains the original U.S. Patent no. 231, 306, assigned to a hoe designed by
James W. Gladding, an inventor from Vineland, New Jersey. The collection also includes a
rendering of the hoe.

MS 86-20LETTERS TO D. B. DYERSMaterials:0.25 linear feet Subjects:Native Americans of North America
-- Claims. Land tenure -- Oklahoma. Native Americans of North America -- Legal status,
laws, etc. Guthrie (Okla.) -- History. »This
collection contains two letters to D. B. Dyers, an Indian agent and first mayor of
Guthrie, Oklahoma. The letters are from Curtis and Burdett, a legal firm concerned with
land cases and solicitations of claims. The letters concern some land which rightfully
belonged to the Native Americans, but the U.S. government wanted to purchase the land for
its use. The letters are dated April 13, 1882 and March 1921.

MS 86-21CHENEY RESERVOIR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONPhotographs:1.5 linear feet Subjects:Reservoirs -- Kansas. Cheney
Reservoir (Kan.) See also: MS
80-05, A. E. Howse Papers. »This
collection gives a pictorial narrative of the construction of Cheney Reservoir. The
photographs include the ground breaking ceremony on May 29, 1962 and the dedication on May
29, 1965. Located 30 miles east of Wichita on the Ninnescah River, Cheney Reservoir, a
Army Corps of Engineers project, was built in part to supply the city of Wichita with a
long-term water supply.

MS 86-23A. W. KINCADE PAPERSMaterials:5.0 linear feetSubjects:Kincade, Arthur Warren,
1896-1989. Businessmen -- Kansas -- Wichita. Fourth National Bank and Trust
Company (Wichita, Kan.) Wichita (Kan.) -- Views. Bankers -- Kansas -- Wichita.
Wichita (Kan.) -- Bankers. »Nearly
all the documents in this collection pertain to the years that Kincade was at
the Fourth National Bank of Wichita, from his first job as vice president to
his retirement as president and chairman of the board. He began with the company
in 1937, and by 1940, he was named president and chairman of the board, a position
he held until his retirement in 1971. Correspondence from his friends and family
is also included. The collection also includes notes used by James Thomas to
write The Fourth - The Financial Center of Kansas: A History of the Fourth
National Bank and Trust Company, a book which documents Kincade's influence
on Wichita's economy.

MS 86-24ROSS TAYLOR PAPERSMaterials:2.0 linear feetSubjects:Taylor, Ross. Trails
-- Kansas. Wichita State University. Department of American Studies. »This
collection of Ross Taylor's papers includes personal correspondence concerning
a variety of subjects, stories written by friends, and brand applications. Correspondence
related to Taylor's term as faculty member and department head of the Department
of American Studies at Wichita State University also comprise part of this collection.
The collection also includes some material on the trails of Kansas. The papers
date from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s.

MS 87-01R. C. (PETE) LOUX COLLECTIONMaterials:4.0 linear feetSubjects:Loux, Richard C. Kansas
Gas and Electric Company. Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Company. Electric utilities
-- Kansas. Kansas City Power and Light Company. Nuclear power plants -- Kansas
-- Wolf Creek.See also: MS
75-01, Wolf Creek Generating Station Environmental Report; MS 75-02, Standard Nuclear Unit Power Plant System
(SNUPPS) Preliminary Safety Analysis Report; MS
75-03, Wolf Creek Generating Station Addendum to the Standard Nuclear Unit
Power Plant System; MS 78-01, Legislative Papers of Kansas Representative
Richard C. (Pete) Loux; and MS 92-24, Kansas
State Corporation Commission: Wolf Creek Hearing and Infill Drilling. »R.
C. Loux collected these materials during his tenure as a member of the Kansas
State Corporation Commission. This collection includes personal notes taken
by Loux, and court dockets concerning Kansas Gas and Electric (KG&E) and
Kansas City Power and Light Company (KCP &L) related to their involvement
with Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station. The collection also includes materials
from other power plants in the United States which were undergoing license and
rate reviews, and annual reports for KG&E and KCP &L. The greater part
of the collection dates between 1982 and 1984.

MS 87-02ALYS MCKEY BRYANT PAPERS Materials:4.5 linear feetSubjects:Bryant, Alys McKey. Early Bird
Association. Bryant, John Milton. Stunt flying -- United States. Air pilots -- United
States -- Sources. World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations. »Alys
McKey, a member of Early Bird Association, took up flying in Los Angeles in 1912. She soon
married John Milton Bryant and together they became popular aviators. An expert pilot, she
set the U.S. altitude record for women. She also trained U.S. pilots during World War I.
This collection contains her correspondence, photographs, slides, clippings and
memorabilia.

MS 87-03JOSEPH MASON PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Mason, Joseph. United States --
History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives -- Confederate. »Joseph
Mason's papers contain the correspondence of a Confederate soldier with his wife and
family during the U.S. Civil War. Dating from June to November 1862, some of the letters
describe camp conditions and the difficulties that faced the men. Mason's death from
pneumonia in December 1862 is documented in the collection. Letters and manuscripts
written by other family members are also included.

MS 87-04 MILTON H. MYERS PAPERSMaterials:0.75 linear feetSubjects:Myers, Milton H. United States --
History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives -- Union. »Milton
H. Myers' papers contain various documents dating from 1814-1942. Most of the documents
were either written, acquired, or written to or about Myers while he was a Union Sgt. of
Company K, 110th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment, 1862-1865. His documents therefore
concern incidents that occurred during the Civil War and reveal aspects of what life was
like for a soldier on campaign.

MS 87-05D. G. MAYNARD PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Soldiers -- Michigan. Washington
(D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Soldiers -- United States. Maynard, D. G.
Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Foot, Nellie E. -- Correspondence. Virginia
-- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 1st
(1861-1866). »Civil
War-era letters from Maynard to his fiancee, Nellie E. Foot, comprise this collection. His
letters were written from Washington, D.C., and various military sites in Maryland,
Virginia and other locations. A member of the 1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Maynard
writes about events of the war and aspects of daily life on a campaign.

MS 87-06LETTER BOOK OF THE U.S. CORVETTE ST. LOUIS, 1852-1855Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Ingraham, David N. Log-books.
Koszta, Martin. Ship s papers. U.S.S. St. Louis (Corvette). »The
letter book of the U.S. Corvette St. Louis is the record of correspondence kept by the
Corvette's commander, David N. Ingraham, while on duty in the Mediterranean. Most of the
letters deal with disciplinary problems of his crew, but a portion of the collection also
describes the Martin Costa (Koszta) Affair. An international affair, the Costa Affair
involved a Hungarian nationalist who had declared U.S. citizenship before he was kidnaped
by Austrian officials. Ingraham, the commander of the St. Louis, demanded his release in
an early example of gunboat diplomacy. The materials date from 1852 to 1855.

MS 87-07CHARLES K. MACNIFF PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Antietam, Battle of, 1862.
Gettysburg, Battle of, 1863. Bull Run, 2nd Battle, 1862. South Mountain, Battle of, 1862.
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, 1862. Macniff, Charles K. »Charles
K. Macniff's papers contain letters written by Macniff to his sisters and other family
members while he was in northern Virginia and surrounding areas during the years
1861-1864. There are other letters in the collection that are written by family members or
friends of Macniff during this same time period. These letters present some description of
the life of a Union soldier during the Civil War.

MS 87-08DR. JAMES E. TOMAYKO COLLECTION OF NASA DOCUMENTSMaterials:25.75 linear feetSubjects:Logbooks. Outer space --
Exploration. Astronautics -- International cooperation. Apollo-Soyuz test project.
Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union. Skylab Program. Astronautics and state -- United
States. Space Shuttle Program (U.S.). Manned space flight. Apollo-Soyuz test project --
History. Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History. Skylab Program. Project Gemini -- History.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Tomayko, James E. »Dating
from June 1965 to February 1979, the documents in this collection include logbooks from
the recovery teams in the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz space missions. Various
contract proposals relating to the space shuttle program between NASA and the Singer
Corporation are also included. The collection contains photographs of the individual
modular components on the Apollo, Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz missions. Dr. Tomayko was a
faculty member at Wichita State University from 1982 to 1990.

MS 87-09REV. DR. GERALD B. WINROD PAPERSMaterials:47.0 linear feetSubjects:Clergy -- United States.
Conservatism -- United States. Evangelists -- United States. Evangelists --
Political activity. Political activists -- United States. Fundamentalism. Periodicals.
Religion and politics -- United States. Baptists -- Clergy. United States --
Politics and government -- 20th century. Baptists -- Political activism. Winrod,
Gerald B. Baptists -- Kansas. Sedition -- United States. Baptists -- United
States. Fascism -- United States. Clergy -- Political activity. Trials (Sedition)
-- United States. Antisemitism -- Kansas.See also: MS
88-29, Kenneth Bradley Collection; and MS
95-18, John W. Jackson Papers »The
Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers document the career and writings of Gerald
Winrod (1900-1957), a Wichita evangelist, author, publisher and political activist.
His organization, Defenders of the Christian Faith, became a major national
forum for promoting his advocacy of anti-Semitism, anti-Communism, racial segregation,
creationism and Prohibition. The collection includes correspondence, microfilm,
photographs, a complete set of The Defender magazine, and copies of the
American Mercury magazine. The collection also includes many of Reverend
Winrod's own books. Some folder titles are as originally titled.

MS 87-10OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC EVENTS OF WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTSMaterials:12.75 linear feetSubjects:Wichita State University --
History. University of Wichita (Wichita, Kan.) -- History. Fairmount College (Wichita,
Kan.) -- History. »The
contents of this collection have been moved to appropriate collections in the
University Archives.

MS 87-11WSU FOOTBALL TEAM AIRPLANE CRASH COLLECTIONMaterials:3.25 linear feetSubjects:Wichita State University --
History. »The WSU
Football Team Airplane Crash Collection contains various documents relating to the
airplane crash that took place on October 2, 1970 in which 31 members of the WSU football
team, staff and friends were killed in the Rocky Mountains near Denver. This collection
contains newspaper articles, news releases, correspondence, and photographs related to the
tragic event. Audiotapes of the Federal hearings about the crash as well as the memorial
service for the victims of the crash are included. A permanent memorial to those who died
was built on campus, and its dedicatory service is documented in the collection.

MS 87-12COLLECTION OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SLAVERYMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Slavery -- United States. Slave
trade -- United States. »These
papers concern the slave trade in the United States and territories prior to the U.S.
Civil War. Included are wills, deeds of emancipation, registers of freed slaves for census
purposes and property appraisals, and bills of sale of slaves. These documents provide
some understanding of slavery before the Civil War.

MS 87-14COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND PERSONAL LEGAL PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Bowdion, James, 1726-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780. New England -- History -- To
1775. Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757. New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca.
1600-1775. Boylston, Zabdiel, 1679-1766. »Legal
documents dating from 1724 to 1797 constitute this collection. These security bonds,
promissory notes, bills of sale and debt, land surveys, lawsuits, subpoenas, summons, and
petitions for liquor licenses give dimension to the legal predicaments and opportunities
of the early settlers of the New England area, particularly that of Boston. Such prominent
people as James Bowdion, Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson are
mentioned in these manuscripts.

MS 87-15THOMAS A. EDISON EARLY CORPORATION DOCUMENTSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),
1847-1931. Edison, Charles. Inventors -- United States. Meadowcroft, William Henry. »The
Thomas A. Edison Early Corporation Documents contain some early legal and business
documents in the various Edison companies, such as stock certificates, inventory lists,
business correspondence, diagrams of electric motors and dynamos, and other related
material. Some of the early associates of Edison are mentioned including Frank A. Wordlaw,
Charles E. Estabrook, Williams H. Meadowcroft, and Charles Edison, the son of Thomas A.
Edison. Thomas A. Edison is only mentioned indirectly in a few documents.

MS 87-16WSU EROTIC ART SOCIETY COLLECTIONMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Cook, Neil. Pornography -- Social
Aspects. WSU Erotic Art Society. Sex in motion pictures. Obscenity (Law) -- Kansas --
Wichita. Wichita State University -- History. Billings, Dorothy K. Miller, Vern. »The
documents in this collection report a story that took place in Wichita, Kansas
over a period of weeks in 1977 concerning obscenity and free speech. The main
protagonists were District Attorney Vern Miller and his followers, who were
against obscenity, versus the student president of the WSU Erotic Art Society
and his supporters. It concerns a film, "The Devil in Miss Jones,"
which was labeled obscene by the District Attorney's office. This collection
contains court proceedings and an unpublished manuscript entitled "Erotic
Art Society, the Case for Free Inquiry: An Account of a Controversy," edited
by WSU professor Dorothy K. Billings.

MS 87-17WATSON E. BROWN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Brown, Watson E. 18??-1864.
Diaries. Cheat Mountain (W. Va.), Battle of 1861. Photographs. United States -- History --
Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 --
Personal narratives. »Watson
E. Brown penned the entries in the diary in this collection from September 14 to December
31, 1861 while he served in the Ninth Indiana Regimental Band. He writes about his life on
campaign and in camp around Cheat Mountain, Virginia during the Civil War. Dating from
1864, a photograph album is also part of the collection, containing photographs of Brown,
his family, friends and fiancee.

MS 87-18AMI S. MATTHEWS PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Matthews, Ami S. Housewives -- Ohio
-- Akron -- Diaries. »This
collection includes personal diaries written by Ami Matthews during the years 1859, 1865,
and 1866 while she lived in Akron, Ohio. The diaries describe her school life and home
life. In the earliest diary, she is a school girl in Akron. Her daily life included
school, taking piano and painting lessons, spending time with friends, and sewing. In the
diaries from 1865 and 1866, she has married and is running a household.

MS 87-19ROSE STOKELY COLLECTION OF GERMAN MONEY OF 1915-1930Materials:2.5 linear feetSubjects:Paper money -- Germany. Money --
Germany. Numismatics -- Collectors and collecting. »The Rose
Stokely Collection of German Money of 1915-1930 consists of seven albums of paper money
printed during and after World War I. The money was nearly worthless due to the economic
depression in Germany following the war. Printed locally in several different regions
throughout Germany, the illustrations depict local legends and history.

MS 87-20COLLECTION OF CAPTURED GERMAN ARMY PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR IIMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) --
Portraits. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter - Partei -- Portraits. World War,
1939-1945 -- Germany -- Pictorial works. »This
collection of photographs and slides includes subjects such as Adolf Hitler, leading Nazi
Party members, the SS, and German soldiers on the front. These images date from the late
1930s to around 1945.

MS 87-21SEMI-ANNUAL MUSTER ROLL OF CO. K, 1ST DRAGOONS, PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE, COMMANDING
OFFICERMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Cooke, Philip St. George,
1809-1895. United States. Army -- Cavalry -- History. Kansas -- History. United States --
History -- Kansas. Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History. »This
collection contains a muster roll kept by Captain Philip St. George Cooke from December
31, 1839 to June 30, 1840. The roll was maintained for Company K, the First Dragoons,
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Cooke played a leading role in westward expansion
of the United States between 1827 and 1866.

MS 87-22WILLIAM L. MCMILLEN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:United States. Army -- Officers -- Military and personal papers--19th century. Russia -- History --
19th century. Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Medical care -- Finland. Russia. Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Participation, American. Knights and knighthood -- Russia. McMillen, William Linn. Finland -- History --
1809-1917. »This
collection contains papers from the Russian government relating to the award of knighthood
to William L. McMillen for services as a surgeon to the Imperial Army in Finland during
the Crimean War. He was awarded knighthood to the order of St. Stanislaus by Alexander
III, Czar of Russia. These documents date from 1857 and 1927.

MS 87-23HERMANN HESSE PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. »This
collection of Hermann Hesse s papers contains clippings, magazine articles,
correspondence, pamphlets, and small booklets concerning the career and writing of Hermann
Hesse, a German novelist and poet. Hesse won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946.

MS 87-24HARRY W. HOLMAN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Soldiers -- United States. Virginia
-- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Diaries. United States. Army. Signal Corps. Poems.
Holman, Harry W. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. »This
collection contains a Civil War-era diary Holman kept while stationed with the U.S. Signal
Corps at Burkville, Virginia. He mostly wrote about troop movements and events of the
Petersburg Campaign. The diary also includes his personal notations and poems written by
various authors.

MS 87-25REV. A. A. MORRISON PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Morrison, A. A. Presbyterian Church
-- Clergy. »Morrison's
diary describes the life of an itinerant Presbyterian minister. His accounts describe
different congregations he served, trouble with the local Presbytery, and work as a school
teacher. He was an itinerant minister in Iowa and Ohio between 1838 and 1868.

MS 87-26"THE PIONEERS OF YESTERYEARS" -- MANUSCRIPT BY OTHO EDMUND COPEMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Cope family. Oklahoma -- History.
Pioneers -- Kansas -- Biography. Pioneers -- Missouri -- Biography. Kansas -- History.
Missouri -- History. Pioneers -- Oklahoma -- Biography. Cope, Otho Edmund. »This
collection contains a typed manuscript entitled "The Pioneers of Yesteryears"
by Otho Edmund Cope. It traces the Cope family from its beginnings in England
to its settlement in the United States starting in 1683. Mostly, though, it
recounts the author's childhood in eastern Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, his
days as a railroad agent, and his family's life and times from the late 1800s
to 1950.

MS 87-27"THE TALKING TURTLE AND OTHER OZARK FOLK TALES" -- PUBLISHED
BOOK MANUSCRIPT BY VANCE RANDOLPH Materials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Tales -- Ozark Mountains. Americans
-- Folklore. Randolph, Vance. »This
collection contains the typed draft of "The Talking Turtle and Other Ozark
Folk Tales" by Vance Randolph, a book which was published by Columbia University
Press in 1957. The folk tales included in Randolph's anthology were collected
over a 35-year interval between 1922 and 1957.

MS 87-28EARLY AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Bryant,
Alys McKey. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Airplanes -- Views. Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.See also: MS
87-02, Alys McKey Bryant Papers. »This
collection contains news release photographs dating from 1903 to 1938. They depict events
and people of this period: the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, Eddy Rickenbacker, Alys
McKey Bryant and others. The collection includes photographs of early aircraft taken
during and after World War I. The photographs, for the most part, are not dated or
captioned; however, the evolution of aviation design and technology is apparent.

MS 87-30FREDONIA, KANSAS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Frontier and pioneer
life -- Kansas. Fredonia (Kan.) -- History. »Dating
between 1865 to 1921, these photographs of people from Fredonia, Kansas show
social mores and clothing of the period. Some of the photographs were taken
by Loomis Photography Company of Fredonia.

MS 87-31HENRY A. FORD PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Ford, Henry A. Criminals -- West
(U.S.). Cowboys -- Kansas. Outlaws -- West (U.S.). »This
life sketch describes a period in Henry A. Ford's life from the 1880s to adulthood. It was
written between 1943 and 1946. Ford recalls life growing up on a claim in northwest
Kansas, his life as a cowboy, the months he spent as a desperado, and his escape from a
jail in Beaver City, Oklahoma.

MS 87-32FAIR PLAY TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, KANSAS COLLECTIONMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Marion County (Kan.) -- History.
Kansas -- History. »The Fair
Play Township, Marion County, Kansas Collection contains the Clerks' Record account book
for the board meeting expenses and the Township Trustee Plat Book relating to road repair.
These documents date from 1877 to 1923.

MS 87-33W. S. PRETTYMAN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Frontier and pioneer
life -- Oklahoma. Oklahoma -- History. Prettyman, W. H. »Forty-nine
photographs of Oklahoma Territory dating from 1885 to 1901 comprise this collection.
The photographs show Native Americans, cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, pioneers and
the Oklahoma Land Rush. Prettyman was originally from Arkansas City, Kansas
and later homesteaded near Blackwell, Oklahoma.

MS 87-34HUERFANO VALLEY DITCH AND RESERVOIR COMPANY COLLECTIONMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Huerfano Valley Ditch and Reservoir
Company. Huerfano Valley (Colo.). Canals -- Colorado -- Huerfano Valley. »The
Huerfano Valley Ditch and Reservoir Company Collection contains three record books and one
account book including the minutes of the company's board of directors. The documents date
from 1888 to 1917. The company was formed by businessmen from Pueblo, Colorado in 1888 to
build and maintain a canal and reservoir along the Huerfano River for ranch and farm
irrigation purposes.

MS 87-35FARMER S PERSONAL DIARY OF 1876Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Farmer's writing, American.
Presbyterian church -- Doctrines. Diaries -- 19th century. Harvesting -- Records and
correspondence. Agriculture -- Records and correspondence. Planting (Plant culture) --
Records and correspondence. »The
diary which comprises this collection contains a daily log of events in the life of
unidentified farmer during 1876. The geographical location is unknown, but the entries
suggests that the farmer lived in Illinois. The diary records the typical interests of a
farmer such as the weather, the health and welfare of livestock, and concerns for crop
planting, cultivating, and harvesting. This diary contains little self-revelation or
mention of family concerns; however, it provides some understanding of the life of a
Midwestern farmer during the 1870s.

MS 87-36RICHARD E. BIRD COLLECTION OF COURT DOCUMENTSMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Bird, Richard E. 1878. »This
collection contains instructions given to jurors in District Court of Sedgwick
County, Kansas, Division 1, by the Honorable Richard E. Bird, Judge. Typescript,
these documents describe various criminal and civil cases, and they date between
October 1, 1916 to October 1, 1917. Bird served as a judge of the district court
in Wichita from 1916 to 1921.

MS 87-37HENRY L. STIMSON PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Winthrop, Bronson. World War,
1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
Stimson, Henry L. »Eight
autograph signed letters to B. W. (Bronson Winthrop), Stimson's boyhood friend, constitute
this collection. These letters date from November 17, 1911 to March 17, 1930. Most were
written from the Western Front in France in 1918, where Stimson was a colonel of field
artillery in the American Expeditionary Forces. He describes training centers and camps,
and the German offensive of March and April 1918. Stimson also served as Secretary of War
under Presidents William Howard Taft (1911-12) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1940-45), and
Secretary of State under Herbert Hoover (1929-33).

MS 87-38WALTER GRAVES MANUSCRIPT OF EARLY FAIRMOUNT COLLEGEMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Graves, Walter. Washburn University
(Topeka, Kan.) Fairmount College (Wichita, Kan.). Congregational churches -- Kansas --
Wichita. Wichita State University -- History. Kansas -- Church history.See also: MS
74-05, Manuscript of a History of the University of Wichita; MS 89-07, Dr. John Rydjord Papers. »This
collection contains one original copy and two photocopies of Walter Graves' typewritten
manuscript on the early history of Fairmount College from 1892 to 1907. The author's
insights provide much information on the development of the college and about the
controversy plaguing its relationship with the Congregational Church and Washburn
University in Topeka. Graves was a physician in Wichita, and he served on the Board of
Trustees of Fairmount College for many years.

MS 88-01CLIFFORD K. BERRYMAN COLLECTION OF POLITICAL CARTOONSMaterials:1.75 linear feetSubjects:Berryman, Clifford K. (1869-1949).
Political cartoons. Washington Evening Post. American wit and humor, Pictorial. Washington
Evening Star. Cartoonists -- Washington, D.C. Editorial cartoons. Cartoons -- United
States. Washington, D.C. -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons. »The
Clifford K. Berryman Collection of Political Cartoons contain some newspaper clippings of
Berryman's work dating between 1941 and 1949. Berryman was a cartoonist for Washington
Evening Star of Washington, D.C. His cartoons won him the Pulitzer Prize, garnered a
permanent place in the Library of Congress cabinet of American illustration, and remain on
display as part of the history of the United States Supreme Court. Berryman attended
Fairmount College, the predecessor to Wichita State University, in 1902 and 1903.

MS 88-02HENRY WENDELKEN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Soldiers -- United States.
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Broadsides. United States. Army. Ohio
Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865). Diaries. Mississippi -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865. »Wendelken,
a Union soldier, penned the entries in this diary from January 1 to June 29, 1863 while he
served in the Western Theater of the Civil War around Tennessee and Mississippi. He was a
member of Company B, 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The account mainly describes marches,
drills, camp routines and weather conditions. A broadside that lists the men who served in
the unit is also included, and it contains a brief history of the regiment.

MS 88-03E. M. FORSTER SHORT STORY MANUSCRIPTMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Forster, E. M.See also: MS
86-22, E. M. Forster Papers. »Written
in 1956-57, these handwritten notes by E. M. Forster contain corrections to
be entered in the second draft of the short story, "The Other Boat,"
originally entitled "Coco." While some of the corrections are only
substitutions of a word or phrase, many are significant changes in the text.
Forster's secretary, P. N. Furbank, was asked to incorporate these emendations
when he typed the draft. Forster was a 20th-century English writer of considerable
fame.

MS 88-04SHAN PRAYER BOOK MANUSCRIPTMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Buddhism -- Sacred books. Maiksile
tree. Religious literature. Burma -- Shan states. Sacred books. »The Shan
Prayer Book manuscript is a Buddhist religious work written in the 19th century. Written
in the Shan language, it deals with religious matters. The manuscript is written on Shan
paper, which is manufactured in the Shan states in East Central Burma. The paper is
produced from the bark of the maiksile tree, a species of the mulberry tree.

MS 88-06SAM AND MILLIE MARCUS PAPERSMaterials:10.25 linear feetSubjects:Marcus, Samuel. Wichita (Kan.) --
History. Marcus, Mildred. Cattle -- Marketing. »This
collection of Sam and Millie Marcus' papers contains a series of scrapbooks which contain
newspapers clippings, photographs, awards, honors and other memorabilia that described the
Marcus family's influence in the business, social and civic life of Wichita. The
scrapbooks date from 1949 to 1985. Sam Marcus was a multimillionaire who amassed his
fortune in the beef industry. For many years he was the president and the chairman of the
board of the Kansas Beef Industries, MBPXL, and Excel corporations. He and his wife Millie
were involved in many social, civic and charitable organizations in the city.

MS 88-07PAUL J. RAINEY PAPERS Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Military supplies. War --
Photographs. Railroads -- Soviet Union. Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution,
1917-1921. Transportation, Military -- Soviet Union. Soviet Union -- History -- Allied
intervention, 1918-1920. Rainey, Paul J. »This
collection contains manuscript and typewritten versions of a report, an expense record,
and photographs relating to Rainey's trip to Siberia from June 1918 to February 1919.
Topics generally relate to the military situation in the region, including activities of
Allied armies, the state of railroads and supply lines, troop movements, and devastation
caused by the war during the Bolshevik Revolution.

MS 88-08KANSAS TERRITORY PAPERS COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Kansas -- History. Martin, John A.,
1839-1889. Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas. »Most
material in this collection is dated before Kansas became a state in 1861. The collection
includes letters regarding business opportunities and legal matters, tax receipts, land
deeds, business cards, and a notary public certificate. Some documents were written or
signed by John A. Martin, governor of Kansas from 1885 to 1889.

MS 88-09COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR I PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDESMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial
works. »The
collection contains glass slides prints of American troops during World War I. These
images convey all aspects of military life during the period: basic training, trench
warfare, logistics, chemical warfare, training exercises, and life of the soldier during
pauses in the fighting. They also give a chronological sequence of events concerning
American involvement in World War I from the Declaration of War by Congress in 1917 to
Allied victory in 1918.

MS 88-10PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR I DOG FIGHTINGMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial
operations -- Pictorial works. »These
celebrated photographs were first reproduced in the anonymous autobiography of a Royal Air
Force officer in the 1930s. The author claimed that they were taken with a camera fitted
to his aircraft's cabane struts and operated automatically each time the machine-gun
trigger was pressed. The photographs are now believed to be fakes; however, they do give a
good impression of what air fighting might have been like in World War I.

MS 88-11NATHAN BOONE PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856. Frontier
and pioneer life -- Missouri. Boone family. Kansas -- Description and travel. »Boone's
journal of his military expedition through Oklahoma and Kansas territory from May 14 to
July 31, 1843 describes the many topographical, geological and geographical points of
interest. An officer in the 1st Regiment U.S. Dragoons, he describes the various flora and
fauna of the region, the contacts that his expedition had with the Osage Tribe, and
difficulties that he and his troops encountered on the journey.

MS 88-12W. A. WEBB PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Webb, W. A. (William A.). Collett,
Ewing. Fairmount College (Wichita, Kan.) »W.
A. Webb's diaries describe the life of a student at Fairmount College during
the 1897-1899 school terms. Webb describes his daily routines: going to classes,
practicing piano, going to chapel, trying to find a good meal at the dorm, riding
his "wheel," and trying to keep his dorm room warm. Webb also describes
a hotly contested football game he attended, and gives a description of his
graduation exercises. The collection also includes photographs of Webb and of
Ewing Collett, Webb's roommate for the 1896-1897 school year.

MS 88-13GORDON DAVIS COLLECTION OF ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPTS AND COPTIC BIBLESMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Bible -- Manuscripts,
Ethiopic. Music -- Africa. Manuscripts, Ethiopic. Davis, Gordon. »The
Gordon Davis Collection contains various handwritten Bibles and religious works
on parchment in codex form. These items are from the Axum and Adua provinces
of Ethiopia in the Geez language. Although the date of these works is unknown,
some of them are rare and quite old.

MS 88-14GRAYDON E. SPALDING COLLECTION OF WORKS BY AND ABOUT EDGAR ALLAN POEMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Spalding, Graydon E. »This
collection includes selected photocopied materials from the original printings
of some of Poe's short stories and poems that were published in books and magazines
in the mid-19th century. Some secondary source material regarding Poe's life
and family is also included. An undated lithograph engraving of Poe is also
included.

MS 88-15BOB GOTTSCHALK COLLECTIONMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Gottschalk, Bob. University
of Wichita (Wichita, Kan.) -- Views. Photographers -- Kansas. Aviation -- History.
Photography -- Artistic. Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kan.). Kansas -- Views. Wichita
State University -- Views. »The
Bob Gottschalk Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, magazines
and pamphlets which give a sample of Gottschalk's work while he was a freelance
photographer and a staff photographer for the Wichita Eagle during the 1920s
through the 1940s. This collection contains photographs of famous early aviation
personalities and of the University of Wichita campus.

MS 88-17CLAYTON HENRI STAPLES PAPERSMaterials:13.0 linear feetSubjects:Art teachers -- Colorado.
Art schools -- Colorado. Art teachers -- Kansas. Men -- Societies and clubs.
Artists -- Colorado. Summer schools -- Colorado. Artists -- Kansas. Universities
and colleges -- Kansas. College teachers -- Kansas. Rotary International. Artifacts.
Staples, Clayton Henri. Art -- Study and teaching -- Colorado. Wichita State
University, College of Fine Arts. Art -- Study and teaching -- Kansas. University
of Wichita (Kan.) -- History. Art -- Kansas -- Wichita »Staples,
director of the art department at the University of Wichita from 1930 to 1950,
also directed an art summer school near Colorado Springs, Colorado for many
years. He was actively involved in Rotary International, and in 1972, he was
honored with an art scholarship named after him at WSU. These papers include
correspondence, newspaper clippings, speech and lecture notes, photographic
slides and prints, memorabilia and artifacts of his life and work.

MS 88-18CAPTAIN OLIVER C. GARVIN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Soldiers -- United States. United
States. Army. New York Infantry, 52nd (1861-1865). Maryland -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865. Garvin, Oliver C. Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. »Garvin
served with the 52nd New York Regiment at various locales in Virginia and Maryland
during the Civil War. This collection includes his a bound volume of his correspondence
entitled "Letters to his Parents From Captain Oliver C. Garvin, 1861-1862."
These letters give impressions of what camp life and combat was like for a Union
officer during the Civil War.

MS 88-19DOCUMENTS ON ANTE-BELLUM SLAVERY AND THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENTMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Slavery -- United States --
Anti-slavery movements. Slave-trade -- United States. »This
collection of documents on ante-bellum slavery and the abolitionist movement contain
manumission papers, a deed of sale, a court case file, and literature advocating rights of
African-Americans. These documents date from 1814 to 1885.

MS 88-20CIVIL WAR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FLYER: TWO ROADS OF PEACEMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Electioneering -- United States. Broadsides. Campaign paraphernalia -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Broadsides. »This
campaign flyer was published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New
York. The flyer describes the Democratic and Republican platforms for the 1864
presidential election. This flyer was designed to generate support for the reelection of
President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party stance against the Confederacy.

MS 88-21WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE PAPERS Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:White, William Allen, 1868-1944 --
Correspondence. Publishers and publishing -- Kansas -- Emporia. White, William Allen,
1868-1944 -- Portraits. Journalists -- Kansas. Authors and publishers -- Kansas --
Emporia. »A
collection of letters written by William Allen White contains two personal letters
written to H. H. Southworth of Chicago Illinois dated 1908 and 1909. It also
contains a photographs of White, inscribed to Miss Alice Isely (1937), and a
pamphlet entitled "What's the Matter with Kansas?" (1896), written
by White. William Allen White was the owner and editor of the Emporia Gazette
in Emporia, Kansas in the late 1890s and early 1900s. White was an important
figure in the political, social and literary history of Kansas and the United
States.

MS 88-22JOHN BROWN -- LUTHER HUMPHREY LITHOGRAPH FACSIMILE LETTER COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Brown, John. 1800-1859. Harpers
Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown s Raid, 1859. Humphrey, Luther. Abolitionists --
United States. Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861. Letters -- Facsimiles. Facsimilies. »This
collection contains a facsimile copy of John Brown's letter to his cousin, Rev. Luther
Humphrey, written November 19, 1859 from Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia.
Thirteen days later, Brown was hanged for his act of treason in the raid on Harper's
Ferry, Virginia. There was considerable controversy over the authenticity of the original
letter. From the collection of Theodore Morrison, librarian at Fairmount College, this
copy was once thought the original one; however, it was found to be a lithographed
reproduction. Correspondence and other articles documenting the investigation and
verification of the letter are included, dating from 1927 through 1947.

MS 88-23COLLECTION OF ENGLISH LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURYMaterials:3.0 linear feetSubjects:Legal documents -- England.
Wills -- England. »Dating
from 1843 to 1882, six legal documents including wills, land leases and land
purchase agreements comprise this collection.

MS 88-24MARK BATTEN MANUSCRIPTMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Batten, Mark. Sculptors
-- Great Britain. Stone carving. »"The
Visual Arts and the System of Spheroidal-Conoidal Derivatives," a handwritten
manuscript by Mark Batten, constitutes this collection. Batten, a sculptor and
stone carver from Great Britain, intended the manuscript for publication.

MS 88-25ARDIS MANLY WALKER POETRYMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Walker, Ardis Manly, 1901-. »Walker,
poet and American Western history author, composed the two poems that comprise
this collection: "Star Gazer" and "Two Views of Immortality."

MS 88-26WELLMAN FAMILY PAPERSMaterials:2.25 linear feetSubjects:Fairmount College (Wichita, Kan.)
-- History. Wellman, Frederick Lovejoy, 1897-. Harris, Alice Wellman. Wellman, Manly,
1905-. Wellman, Paul, 1898-1966. »Memorabilia,
correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, artifacts and books make up this
collection of the Wellman family's papers. The Wellman siblings - Paul, Frederick L.,
Manly and Alice Wellman Harris - all became well-known writers. They were the children of
Lydia Isely Wellman whose family was prominent at Fairmount College (1895-1926), the
predecessor to Wichita State University. Most of the material in the collection is
attributed to Alice Wellman Harris. Alice, Paul and Manly attended Fairmount College.

MS 88-27GLENN BAKKUM COLLECTION OF URBAN SOCIOLOGY PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Bakkum, Glenn. Wichita, Kansas --
Hospitals. University of Wichita (Wichita, Kan.) -- History. Wichita, Kansas -- Police.
Wichita, Kansas -- History. Wichita, Kansas -- Public health. Wichita, Kansas --
Recreational activities. Wichita, Kansas -- Law enforcement. »This
collection contains the term of Dr. Glenn Bakkum's Urban Sociology classes from 1929 to
1934 at the University of Wichita. These papers deal with different social institutions in
the Wichita area and provide data about the early history of Wichita and the University of
Wichita.

MS 88-28POSTCARD COLLECTION OF KANSAS SITESMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Kansas -- History. Kansas --
Pictorial works. »Dating
from 1868 to 1946, these postcards depict such sites as churches, schools, businesses,
farms, ranches, government buildings, parks and hospitals in cities and towns across
Kansas. The postcards provide information about early Kansas history.

MS 88-30OIL INDUSTRY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Oil fields -- Pictorial works. Petroleum industry and trade -- Pictorial works. »The Oil Industry Photograph Collection contains 467 photographs of various oil industry activities in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. These photographs date from 1924 to 1929 and show such equipment and activities as derricks, cellars and runways, pumps, production methods, housekeeping, publicity, safety and fires. Originally held in a small three-ring notebook, the photographs are affixed to sheets of paper onto which descriptions have been typed or written by an unknown author.

MS 88-31ISELY FAMILY PAPERSMaterials:7.0 linear feetSubjects:Isely, Christian H.,
1828-1919. Kansas Cavalry -- 2nd regiment, 1862-1865. Isely, Adolf. Ottawa University
(Ottawa, Kan.) -- History. Isely, Elizabeth Dubach, 1842-1936. St. Joseph (Mo.)
-- History. Isely family. Ft. Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History. United States --
Civil War -- Perryville (Ky.), Battle of, 1862. Fort Scott (Kan.) -- History.See also: MS
74-05, Manuscript of a History of the University of Wichita; MS 89-04, M. Alice Isely Papers; and MS 91-02, Kenneth Isely Collection of Bliss and
Flora Isely Papers. »Correspondence,
diaries and other documents dating from the 1850s to the 1930s comprise this
family's collection. Christian Isely, a soldier with the 2nd Kansas Cavalry
in the Civil War, penned many of these letters while his regiment fought in
Missouri and Arkansas. Correspondence from his wife, Eliza, and children, Henry
and M. Alice, also is included. A deeply religious family, the Iselys express
the personal side of life during the Civil War and early-day Kansas in their
correspondence. M. Alice Isely served as librarian at Fairmount College and
the University of Wichita from 1912 to 1929.

MS 88-32CAPTAIN THOMAS ERSKINE WARDLE PAPERSMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Wardle, Thomas Erskine.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. Warships. »Inside
the 1918 diary of Captain Thomas Wardle these documents were found: a copy of
a letter to his mother; a three page summary of Wardle's biography and his action
against the German raider Greif , February 29, 1916; 20 linen sheets of secret
plans for warships and submarines; and a five-page memorandum of Operation ZZ,
November 20, 1918, regarding surrender of the German fleet.

MS 88-33WORLD WAR I: FOUR BRITISH DIARIESMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:World War, 1914-1918 -- British --
Personal narratives. »Four
diaries kept by British soldiers during World War I lend personal observations of the
operations and strategies of combat. John Errington Lang recorded his service with the
Royal Berkshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps from 1914 to 1918. Bombardments of the Gaza
Strip are described in a diary of a heavy artillery group member with the Egyptian
Expeditionary Force. A member of the 41st Brigade, Royalfield Artillery, recorded fighting
in Germany and Belgium from July 1916 to June 1918. Marseilles, France and the Somme River
are battlegrounds of the 4th Battalion, Worcester Regiment, and the Germans in 1916 and
1917, as described by a battalion soldier.

MS 89-02GABRIEL ATKIN PAPERSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Atkin, William Park (Gabriel),
1897-1937. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Painters -- Great
Britain. »This
collection contains a memoir of Atkin's days with the Chelsea Art Club, other
reminiscences, and brief biographical sketches of his acquaintances. Atkin was a
landscape, architectural and figure painter and illustrator in Great Britain in the early
20th century.

MS 89-03W. H. AUDEN PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh),
1907-1973. Poets, English -- 20th century. »Newspaper
clippings about, and correspondence and photographs of W. H. Auden comprise this
manuscript collection. An extensive obituary of Auden, an American and British poet who
died in 1973, is included as well as clippings that detail the post-mortem legal squabble
over his papers and manuscripts.

MS 89-04M. ALICE ISELY PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Isely, M. Alice. Isely, William
Henry, 1865-1907. Isely, Bliss, 1881-1963. Fairmount College (Wichita, Kan.) -- History.See also: MS
74-05, Manuscript of a History of the University of Wichita; MS 88-31, Isely Family Papers; and MS 91-02, Kenneth Isely Collection of Bliss and
Flora Isely Papers. »This
collection of M. Alice Isely's papers contains genealogical information on the extended
Isely family. The collection also includes the clippings, correspondence, and obituaries
of Isely, the librarian at Fairmount College and the University of Wichita from 1912 to
1929.

MS 89-05BUFFALO ROBE COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Bison, American. Fur trade -- Great
Plains -- History. »This
collection contains an advertisement for robes and other items manufactured
from the buffalo. A New York company was promoting their sale, circa 1871-1876,
and its advertisement illustrates the vast quantity of pelts that arrived in
New York during the height of the buffalo slaughter.

MS 89-06PONCE, PUERTO RICO COURT TRANSCRIPTSMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Court records -- Puerto Rico --
Ponce. »Records
for a municipal court of Ponce, Puerto Rico, dating between 1856 and 1867, constitute this
manuscript collection. Many of the pages are dated only with a stamp indicating the
two-year period in which the page was filed. Written in Spanish, the records mainly deal
with land transactions, the sale of slaves, and legal guardianship of children who lost
their fathers.

MS 89-07DR. JOHN RYDJORD PAPERSMaterials:17.5 linear feetSubjects:Rydjord, John. Names, Geographical
-- Kansas. University of Wichita -- History. Wichita State University -- History.See also: MS
74-05, Manuscript of a History of the University of Wichita; MS 74-28, Kansas Place-Names -- Unpublished Book
Manuscript; MS 87-38, Walter Graves Manuscript
of Early Fairmount College. »These
manuscript materials, student papers and university-related items originate from Dr.
Rydjord s tenure as history professor at the Municipal University of Wichita and Wichita
State University. The manuscripts include a document chronicling the history of the
Municipal University of Wichita to 1949 as well as notes for his research on place names
in Kansas. Dr. John Rydjord was dean of the Graduate School and a history professor at the
University of Wichita, the predecessor of Wichita State University.

MS 89-09DIARY, OCTOBER 1860Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:New York -- History -- Sources. »This
diary records a trip to New York in October 1860. Written in German, the handwriting is
often so tiny it is illegible. The writer is not identified.

MS 89-12FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONAL, 1907Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Aeronautics -- History. Aeronautics
-- Societies, etc. »This
collection consists of the minutes, taken in French, of a 1907 meeting of the Federation
Aeronautique International at Brussels, Belgium. Delegates from several European countries
and the United States attended the meeting, an early attempt to gain international
cooperation in aviation development.

MS 89-13WICHITA DUNKER CHURCH MINUTES, 1912-1913Materials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Dunker Brethren Church -- Kansas --
Wichita. Wichita (Kan.) -- Church histories. »This
collection contains minutes, sermon topics and other records of a Dunker Church in Wichita
from June 12, 1912 to August 26, 1913. The handwritten text is in German.

MS 89-14JOHN NOYES COLLECTIONMaterials:0.25 linear feetSubjects:Oneida Community -- History.
Utopias. Christian communities -- New York State. »Authored
by Noyes, various printed materials concerning the Oneida community comprise
the major part of this collection. An issue of The Witness (January 23, 1839),
a newspaper which Noyes edited, is included. Most documents in the collection
date from the mid-19th century; however, a brochure that touts the Oneida community
as "the oldest and largest manufacturer of game traps" dates from
the 1920s.

MS 89-15ALEXANDER PETROFF PAPERSMaterials:3.25 linear feetSubjects:Petroff, Alexander. Airplanes --
Design and construction. »A major
part of this collection is comprised by photographs of military and civilian aircraft,
especially Cessna and Curtiss-Wright designs, manufactured in the late 1920s and early
1930s. The collection also includes technical reports by Petroff. A native of Russia,
Petroff became the first director of the aeronautical engineering department at the
University of Wichita in 1928.

MS 89-16CLARK D. AHLBERG PAPERSMaterials:138.5 linear feetSubjects:Ahlberg, Clark D., 1918-. College
presidents -- Kansas -- Wichita. Wichita State University -- History. Education, Higher --
Kansas. Wichita State University -- Presidents. Universities and colleges -- Kansas --
Wichita. »These
materials were acquired and utilized by Dr. Clark D. Ahlberg during his tenure as
president of Wichita State University from 1968 to 1983. The publications, correspondence,
and various official documents in the collection relate to many aspects of the
University's administration, including the 1970 crash of the WSU football team's airplane.
A Wichita native, Ahlberg graduated from the University of Wichita in 1939 and returned to
become Wichita State University's president in 1968.

MS 89-17WILLIAM H. CARPENTER PAPERSMaterials:3.0 linear feetSubjects:Carpenter, William H.
Carpenter, William Randolph, 1894-1956. Lawyers -- Kansas -- Sources.See also: MS
75-06, Congressional Papers of Kansas Congressman Randolph Carpenter, 1929-1948. »William
H. Carpenter was an attorney in Marion, Kansas and a leader in the state's Democratic
party. His correspondence concerning legal, financial and political matters
during the early part of the 20th century forms this collection. Randolph Carpenter,
a Kansas congressman, was his son.

MS 89-18E. M. LAIRD PAPERSMaterials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Airplane industry and trade --
Kansas -- Wichita. Laird, Emil Matthew. Swallow Airplane Company. »Transcriptions
and audiotapes of 1978 interviews with E. M. "Matty" Laird, an early
airplane manufacturer in Wichita, comprise this collection. Laird began building
his Laird Swallow airplanes in Wichita in 1920 when he was 23 years old, and
the interviews highlight his contributions to the industry. Photographs taken
at the time of the interviews and a commemorative booklet from Matty Laird Day
in Wichita on April 8, 1978 are also included.

MS 89-19MEXICAN TRAVEL JOURNAL, 1888Materials:0.5 linear feetSubjects:Mexico -- Description and travel.
Murdock, M. M. »Newspaper
articles written by Kansas newspaper editors while visiting Mexico in 1888 were
arranged together in this journal entitled "Kansans in Mexico." The
editors describe Mexico's geography, industry, agriculture and social conditions.
El Paso del Norte , Zacatecas, Queretaro and Mexico City were among the cities
on their tour. M. M. Murdock, editor of the Wichita Eagle at the time, was a
member of the entourage and contributed several articles to the journal.

MS 89-20ARCHIVES OF THE CORELL PUBLISHING COMPANYMaterials:1.0 linear feetSubjects:Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946.
Corell Publishing Company. Literature publishing -- United States. »Correspondence,
literary works and engraving plates dating from 1896 to 1943 comprise the greater
portion of these papers relating to the Corell Publishing Company. Most of the
correspondence and literary works are attributed to Booth Tarkington; however,
some also concern Corell's magazine, John-a-Dreams. Correspondents include Edward
W. Bryant, Robert T. Sloss, Carolyn Wells, Kenneth Brown, St. George Best, and
Barton Currie. The collection also contains copies of John-a-Dreams, including
its inaugural issue of July 1896.